150 Trains a Day-Union Pacific's Triple Track Mainline

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Ай бұрын

If you like mainline freight railroading, you can't find a busier line than Union Pacific's incredible triple track line across Nebraska.
With OVER 150 trains a day traversing this stretch of track, you never have to wait longer than a few minutes for a train to go by.
In this program, you'll travel from O' Fallons to Grand Island, and see a multitude of trains. As a special treat, go inside North Platte's Bailey Yard, which is the largest railroad yard in the world. An no visit to Bailey Yard is complete without going to the top of the Golden Spike Tower for a panoramic view of the huge yard.
You'll also visit "Buttermilk Curve", Cozad, Gibbon Junction and many more places along the triple track, as train after train goes by!

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@tomheadington4762 25 күн бұрын

As a british railfan i find this fascinating. Thank you for all the information. I thought 150 trains a day wasnt a lot till i remembered they're a lot bigger over the pond!!

@CoenOinkeyTrains Ай бұрын

Only about 40 trains a day as of 2024, nice stuff.

@harrisonofcolorado8886 Ай бұрын

That really sucks. Curse you PSR.

@southernNMRail-Refuse18 Ай бұрын

@@CoenOinkeyTrainsI was told by multiple UP Employees and terminal Manager that on the sunset sunset route their Ending PSR and going back to the 8,500 feet limit. “Allegedly” June 1st 2024 is the official start date of all this but I don’t know if it’s gonna happen.

@CoenOinkeyTrains Ай бұрын

@@southernNMRail-Refuse18 That would be incredible; I do have quite a few doubts about that though, since I'd say UP is the most PSR-driven, but I'm hoping that's true...

@southernNMRail-Refuse18 Ай бұрын

@@CoenOinkeyTrains Union Pacific has Embraced PSR heavily than any other class one out there (correct me if I’m wrong) but the one thing I do see that proves that statement that they are going to get rid of that practice is that UP is hiring like crazy out in Colton, Yuma,Tucson and El Paso by the hundreds. Hopefully it does happen.

@CoenOinkeyTrains Ай бұрын

@@southernNMRail-Refuse18 Oh nice, will certainly be hoping for the end of it. I'm planning to be in AZ/CA the first week in June, partly Sunset and partly BNSF, but if they do end it would certainly make for some nice railfanning. Maybe they'll reactivate some older power as well...

@feraxks Ай бұрын

My son and I sat at O'Fallons back in the late 90s one day and had 6 straight hours of at least one headlight in view. That was a great day for railfanning!

@ssweeps 2 күн бұрын

In 2004 there were 110 trains a day at the triple tracks in Fullerton, CA...not as much anymore.

@thebops4180 Ай бұрын

This was AWESOME. Well Done!!!

@WeenyBeanyHere Ай бұрын

I remember watching this on DVD as a kid, nice to see it in full HD! Thanks!

@AhmearClayIombo-dj6di Ай бұрын

Nice Video I Like Union Pacific 150 Trains

@chelewharton1364 14 күн бұрын

Great video with lots of info!

@kens.3729 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the Very Detailed video. 👍🙏

@workinghardusa Ай бұрын

Great video well done!

@Brianrockrailfan Ай бұрын

Awesome video 🚅🚅👍

@Heather-qr4wm Ай бұрын

i am beyond loving this as a railroad fan

@bob-bf3ru Ай бұрын

lot's of action, thank you

@deaneparker9469 19 күн бұрын

Very good video

@matthewpowell2429 25 күн бұрын

Amazing! I was very surprised to see many former Southern Pacific engines on the mainline!

@PaulCashman 29 күн бұрын

Thankfully that trackside horn in Kearney is a thing of the past. Yech. I remember hearing it on VRF's Kearney cam and thinking "Was that the best they could do?"

@jimg6476 Ай бұрын

Nice to see an old SP unit in the consist😊

@TimsHobbiesOnRail 19 күн бұрын

Great Film 🎥

@jonathanchester5916 Ай бұрын

Impressive! Way to make a day out of it.

@curlyfries5095 14 күн бұрын

I ran on this Kearney Subdivision and the Marysville Subdivision from 1978 to 2019 and saw lots of changes, from hand lining to and from center sidings to triple track on the Kearney Sub and single track with sidings to double track on the Marysville Sub. Mid to late 90’s saw so much traffic on these tracks that some days you would only make it 20-30 miles out of your home terminal before you used up your Hours of Service, and then you still had to van up to your Away From Home or Home Terminal. Made for some long days and nights.

@RailwayProductions 14 күн бұрын

I believe it! It was one busy place when I visited!

@kolejnakolej.1437 12 күн бұрын

Excellent video and many interesting trains. Good work. Greetings from Poland. 👍

@Mark-cq4xr Ай бұрын

I remember seeing SD90s, SP bloody noses, and CNWs on the Overland Route here in Iowa in the mid-late 00s. Brings back good memories.

@anb7408 Ай бұрын

I visited that triple track main three times in 2010, 2017 and 2019. And on none of those visits did I witness anything close to 150 trains a day. Even with the Powder River trains in full swing. The quad track main in Cheyenne on the other hand was easily hitting 120+ a day. Multiple 2 and 3 train meets all day long. It was epic!

@jamesburnside3023 Ай бұрын

Fantastic will have to look into making a trip

@BNSFrailfan01 Ай бұрын

Not really worth it anymore, now down to 50 or less per day

@tkdtrain2004 20 күн бұрын

No town at OFallon's 😢, that's right by Sutherland tho, where I am based out of. I love the UP Mainline. Lots of cool stuff that goes through

@Hopen111YT Ай бұрын

Epic

@viscount757 23 күн бұрын

Would be useful if the date of this video was included in the description. The quality isn't quite as good as I would expect from today's video equipment. And there are many comments saying that the 150 trains a day number is much too high, so how old is this? It's a bit misleading to imply that it's new if it's actually some years old.

@RailwayProductions 23 күн бұрын

This was shot in 2008. We’ve been putting our older programs on KZfaq.Never meant to imply it’s new. Just that so many of our long time customers have been begging for these things on KZfaq I didn’t even think about new viewers not knowing.

@derrickwong5337 Ай бұрын

I love Union Pacific 150 trains a day

@donaldguthals9266 Ай бұрын

I live near this line. Now, 45 to 50 a day. Nothing like it used to be.

@nathanielcoleman5694 Ай бұрын

@@donaldguthals9266Again, it’s more than that. No offense but maybe you just aren’t paying too much attention because it sees at least 60 a day I know that

@CoenOinkeyTrains Ай бұрын

@@nathanielcoleman5694 It’s not.

@ssweeps 2 күн бұрын

I wonder what crops are stored in the silos...

@ssweeps 2 күн бұрын

Are BNSF, CSX, or NS trains allowed on these tracks?

@The_friendly_railfanner Ай бұрын

you probably got all these clips way back then there is only one southern pacific paint i mean everything is true but multible of sp paints people will not belive you but your videos are good and clear.

@ethanarmitage5611 Ай бұрын

❤

@jacksonpugh6423 12 күн бұрын

I stood on that challenger, on account of...I had an entire payload of knowledge of that locomotive.

@tobylou8 Ай бұрын

At 54:36, what is the purpose of the blinking "X"?? I've seen them at Kearney, NE before but nowhere else. Thanks, cool video!

@J3scribe 25 күн бұрын

The grade crossing is protected by an electronic locomotive horn because of the curve. The speakers for the horn are aimed up and down the street as to be heard better. The blinking X lets the train crew know that the horn is functional.

@tobylou8 25 күн бұрын

@@J3scribe Thank you so much for that information. I've asked on chats and never gotten an answer!!!

@TempoDrift1480 Ай бұрын

I thought about getting into that yard but then I recall 107 degree summers and 42 below winters. I'm not so sure about that.

@AustinWesternRailfan Ай бұрын

great video! too bad this line has seen a huge drop in traffic due to PSR and the decrease of coal demands, still a decently busy line with about 40-50 a day but it ain't what it used to be.

@billyrueckert5113 Ай бұрын

They still get 150 a day there!? I've watched Kearney on KZfaq and it doesn't seem like they get 100.

@BalloonBugle88 Ай бұрын

It’s now 40-50 :/

@coleallen3895 Ай бұрын

No wonder they didn’t keep the California Zephyr on this line back when Amtrak was established in 1971 - very high freight congestion

@katherinec2759 Ай бұрын

California Zephyr never ran on this line. City of San Fransisco would have run on that line, because that was a UP train. But the California Zephyr ran on Burlington, Rio Grande, and Western Pacific track, several miles South of this line.

@cpflogsubdivision450 Ай бұрын

What year was this video filmed in?

@RailwayProductions Ай бұрын

This was shot in 2008 when the line was much busier than it is today .

@user-rs1dz8co2s Ай бұрын

I have this on Blu Ray with no Blu ray player for me to watch it on.

@blackbirdgaming8147 Ай бұрын

If you have a PlayStation you can use that as a Blu ray player

@TheNazar123 Ай бұрын

This is defiantly a blast from the past. The google maps in the beginning shows 2008, but I imagine it was filmed a bit prior to 2008. Its nice to see plenty of SD90MACs, lots of unpatched SP ac44s, some Dash 9s, the early GEVOs and more Thundercab SD70ACEs than non thundercabs. No UMAX or Hub Group intermodal containers yet. Unfortunately, with PSR and today's current economy I don't know if this part of the overland route even cracks 80 trains a day now. But from the UP-SP merger until the filming of this video (2008) you could easily see +100 trains a day. Great video nonetheless.

@CoenOinkeyTrains Ай бұрын

Traffic counts are between 40 and 50 a day as of 2024, continuing to decrease with the continuation of PSR and decrease in coal traffic.

@rttx Ай бұрын

It was 2008. UP 7871 at 36:29 looks factory fresh, and it was built 3/2008.

@dutchbakery2195 29 күн бұрын

Can some one help me understand the difference between a district, division, branch, rail line, rail corridor and a subdivision is in America? Is a subdivision the same as what we in Europe would call a "rail line" running specifically from one point to another? Such as: Bahnstrecke Rosenheim-Salzburg in Germany Sørlandsbanen in Norway Or do you have Rail lines that are just named "xxx" followed by -line? I've found some in the US named "xxx" -line. Like the. Norfolk Soutern S- and R-line Or the UP's: Colorado Joint Line

@LeeDfined 20 күн бұрын

Typically the line reflects the actual length(such as a former B&O mainline, which runs from Chicago to Baltimore.) Thats the line. Then the subdivision, such as New Castle subdivision reflects points of control. It runs from New Castle Pennsylvania and turns into the Williard Subdivision, which runs that portion of it from a centralized control point. So a line may consist of multiple subdivisions. As far as districts, they are basically the same as a subdivision. Each railroad uses different terms.

@KonaPine-tc8cn 29 күн бұрын

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@UnstoppableRailfan Ай бұрын

Is it okay if I use your intro song for my intro?

@RailwayProductions Ай бұрын

It’s from a music library called Repro file.

@UnstoppableRailfan Ай бұрын

@@RailwayProductions ok thx

@signalupproductions Ай бұрын

No body calls it "Buttermilk Curve" anymore. All the old heads are long gone, and crews barely reference it as Brady Curve.

@andrewdiesel487 Ай бұрын

150 Trains a Day with Union Pacific

@nopama Ай бұрын

This is an old video, probably 10-12 years old...

@rttx Ай бұрын

2008

@Marcuswelby-nx2te Ай бұрын

150?

@RailwayProductions Ай бұрын

In 2008, yes

@followthedamntraincj5058 Ай бұрын

busiest freight railroad in the world? With "only" 150 trains a day? 6 years ago the double tracked Right Rhine Line in Germany counted 227 freight trains per day, not even counting the passenger trains in between.

@warrencaudle4378 Ай бұрын

I go to Germany a lot also. But in the US these freight trains are upwards of 2 miles long. Typical European freight may get to 50 cars.

@followthedamntraincj5058 Ай бұрын

@@warrencaudle4378 50 cars are exceptionally long trains in most countries across Europe. Only few operators have trains which have that many or more cars. True, in most of Europe freight trains are rather short, and thatfor go at rather high speed (not really fast, but a good travel speed to blend in with the schedules of both slower and faster passenger trains without holding them up; In Germany freight trains usually go at 75 mph) and at a high frequency, with the next and again the next train following pretty close. In the US trains tend to be slower, but way longer, and thatfor at a lower frequency

@normhughes9777 Ай бұрын

more like 50-60 a day

@RailwayProductions Ай бұрын

That is the count today. This was shot in 2008 when the train count was that high.

@anb7408 Ай бұрын

2008-09 was likely its peak. I first went there in 2010 and was sorely disappointed in the train count, and kept wondering why the hell they still needed three mainlines! They sure don’t now!

@billjacon4527 Ай бұрын

That horn speaker is horrible. I'd rather hear the trains horn.

@fasteddiesgarage5000 Ай бұрын

All those run through trains still get an inspection so why do a bunch of cars have loud fukin banging wheels com on

@osmanhossain676 Ай бұрын

I always like grocery shopping, shopping and malls and invitations.

@jayh370 Ай бұрын

I always like when people don’t leave dumb comments

@danodell1750 Ай бұрын

Wowwww!

@osmanhossain676 Ай бұрын

I always like grocery shopping, shopping and malls.

@The_friendly_railfanner Ай бұрын

i just got to say there is not even 150 a day in north plate because i watch a railcam i don't even see more than 20 a hole 24 hours there is only like 10 during the daylight these trains are double near triple there is not more than 20 in a day but mabe the hole sub of that many but trains you have to wait nearly hours and hours i dont like it but 150 mabe the hole line but not in a day

@BalloonBugle88 Ай бұрын

It used to be 150 in 2008 but now it’s about 40-50

@The_friendly_railfanner Ай бұрын

@@BalloonBugle88 make since because of they are just firing and just not running that much anymore

@nathanielcoleman5694 Ай бұрын

Everyone here saying it only sees like 40 or 50 a day is wrong. It’s not 150 anymore but I know it’s at least 60 (and probably higher, like 70-80)

@CoenOinkeyTrains Ай бұрын

Nearly everyone in the comments, some of whom have the railroad estimates themself, is saying 40-50; I would believe that over one person’s opinion. It can hit 60 on a busy day, but that’s not an average.

@osmanhossain676 Ай бұрын

I am from California.